Daffodils for Mother's Day

Hello Blogger friends! Thanks for taking the time to stop and visit with The Charmed Life Blog today. 

It's a beautiful Spring day today here in Pittsburgh. I have my windows open and as I am putting this post together, I can hear the birds singing and our wind chimes moving so softly. It's such a melodic tone.  

I already  was out for a 3 mile walk and this afternoon my goal is to get my craft room straightened out. That seems to be a never-ending job. You know how that goes. 

We are going to a wedding on Saturday, and I committed to baking 10 dozen cookies for the cookie table. It's a Pittsburgh tradition and here is a link that explains what it's about. I love the tradition and I am making mini lady locks or creme horns as they are called in some places. They are about 2" long. 

I baked the shells yesterday and tomorrow I will fill them with a vanilla butter creme filling.  The caterers will prepare the cookie trays and set them out on a table. Here is a photo of what the cookie looks like.

Now onto my card for today. This one I created using new CottageCutz die for a Mother's Day card. I send several cards to family & friends and of course to my mother-in-law. 

Design Steps:

I started my card this week by cutting the daffodil images. I used Stampin' Up cardstock in daffodil delight and mango melody for the floral images. The stems are granny apple green.

I wanted to layer the daffodil images on black cardstock. I saw a card recently on Pinterest and it was so striking on black. I used the Stampin' Up 3D textile embossing folder for a bit of background interest. It's more of a subtle embossing which is the look I was going for.
Tip: when you use a 3D folder spritz the cardstock with water to break up the fibers. This way your cardstock doesn't crack.

I wanted a stamped sentiment on the card and after a bit of thought I decided to use one of the banner images from the Windows Slimline die. It was the perfect size for my sentiment. I cut the banner in the mango melody cardstock and stamped in black ink. The stamp is from a 2018 Stampin' Up Paper Pumpkin Kit. 

I am now ready to start card assembly. I secured the embossed panel to the black card base.
Black card base: 4 1/4" x 5 1/2"
Black embossed panel: 4 1/8" x 5 3/8"

Attached the flowers with glue dots. I used these just in case I needed to move any of the floral images. It's much easier to do that with glue dots than liquid glue. Attached the banner sentiment and scattered a few green sequins on the card.

Well, that's it for me for this post. So until next time.......God bless.

I am also entering:

1.  Splitcoaststampers WT945 challenge.  2 of something or double down on elements. 

2.  Retro Rubber Challenge is "It's Spring". Stamp is from 2018. 

3.  Crafty Gals Corner is Easter or Spring. I chose Spring. 

4.  Fab 'n' Funky has an April Showers/May Flowers challenge. 

5.  I Spy with my Little Eye challenge- April Showers or May Flowers.